Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2025
The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
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The History of Rock & Roll, Volume 2: 1964–1977: The Beatles, the Stones, and the Rise of Classic Rock

by Ed Ward

Lists

Top Music Books of 2019: No Depression

Trending Lists

The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize

Trending Works

The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Sinners Ryan Coogler
hexed! aya
Misericordia Alain Guiraudie
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
Pillion Harry Lighton
The Poison Squad Deborah Blum
Weapons Zach Cregger
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Afternoons of Solitude Albert Serra
The Coddling of the American Mind Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt
The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay

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